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House approves grant program to install suicide barriers in county jails (H.B. 259)
Summary
The House passed H.B. 259 to authorize a suicide-deterrence grant program administered by the Department of Public Safety to fund barriers in county jails after past data showed high jail deaths primarily by suicide; the bill passed 71–1 and will go to the Senate.
SALT LAKE CITY — In response to alarming jail-death figures, the Utah House approved H.B. 259 on Feb. 3 to establish a suicide-deterrence grant program that would fund installation of physical barriers in county jails.
Representative Moss, sponsor of the bill, said data showed Utah had the highest per-capita deaths in county jails in…
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